[publictransport] [The Age] I was misinformed on bike review: Kosky

[Brianna Laugher]

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I was misinformed on bike review: Kosky
January 22, 2008 - 10:58AM

Victorian Transport Minister Lynne Kosky will review her decision to
ban bikes from peak hour trains after claiming her department
misinformed her on the issue.

Ms Kosky said her department had told her it had undertaken a full
consultation and review which found strong support for banning bikes
at peak hours.

"I was misinformed by the department that they had done a full
consultation on this and that is what I am incredibly disappointed
about," she told ABC Radio.

"That's why I have ordered a review of the full implementation."

She said there needed to be an agreement between bike groups and
commuters about sharing space on trains during peak hours.

"We do have quite a lot of complaints from people who are concerned
about bikes, but there is a way of managing this where we can have
cyclists and other commuters on the trains," Ms Kosky said.

She said solutions could involve reserving the last carriage on trains
for bike riders or improving storage at stations.

"I would have preferred not to look at a review (but the department)
had informed me they had undertaken full consultation and had very
strong support for this policy but that was not the case," she said.

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party in the last carriage and everyone's invited ;)

Brianna